EXPORTS. 
137 
Exports of state from the United States, showing ports and customs districts from which and 
to which sent, in the fiscal years 1884-1904 — Continued. ' 
Port and customs district. 
1898. 
1899. 
1900. 
1901. 
L902. 
L903 
L904. 
Guianas: 
British 
$600 
1,325 
Dutch 
$2, 275 
$650 
1,000 
829 
$365 
$1,399 
807 
no 
550 
44,642 
760 
$424 
195 
-I- 
East Indies — British 
60 
121,921 
G4, 434 
71,881 
79,319 
75,976 
1 . 222 
British Oceania 
77 
4, 335 
3 
Britisn Africa— South 
2, 218 
42 
2, 458 
4,847 
679 
1. 199 


Total 
1, 370, 075 
1, 363, 617 
950,543 
898, 262 
945, 352 
726 715 
It will be seen that the value of roofing slate exported decreased from $377,233 in 
1876 and $646,272 in 1877 to $37,195 in 1894 and $38,806 in 1895. In 1896, how- 
ever, owing to strikes in the Welsh quarries, the United States gained a foothold 
again in England and in the English colonies. The value of slate exported in 1896 
was $266,385; in 1897, $780,112, and the greatest valuation was reached in 1899, when 
the figures were $1,363,617. The value of the exported slate in 1904 was $726,715, 
showing that, although the strikes are practically over, the demand for American 
slate remains. However, in the last two years French slates of a small size have 
found considerable market in England at less price than American slates. Great 
Britain and Ireland, British Australasia, the Dominion of Canada, and Denmark are, 
in the order named, the largest receivers of American slate. 
